Introduction to Chishui Danxia Tourist Area

Chishui Danxia Tourist Area is a special scenic spot full of the magical charm of nature. Here you can feel the rich vitality and power of nature, and here you will encounter the most exciting moments. Here, we’ll share with you a detailed guide on how to play the game.

Chishui Waterfall

Chishui Danxia Tourist Area is located in the south of Chishui City, Guizhou Province, covering an area of ??36.3 square kilometers. It consists of three scenic spots: Chishui Waterfall, Foguang Rock and Yanzi Rock. The tourist area is the core scenic spot of Chishui Danxia, ??a world natural heritage site. It is also a national geological park, a national forest park and a national nature reserve. The tourist area is characterized by Danxia landforms, waterfalls, bamboo seas, alpine trees and virgin forests. It is the epitome of the Chishui National Scenic Area "City of Thousands of Waterfalls, Crown of Danxia, ??Home of Bamboo, and Kingdom of Callias", which is rare in the world.

The Grand Waterfall in Chishui Danxia Tourist Area is the trump card attraction of Chishui Scenic Area and one of the core components of the "Chishui Danxia" application for world natural heritage. It is 34 kilometers away from Chishui city and takes about 40 minutes by car. The scenic spot is characterized by Chishui Waterfall and Beauty Tree Waterfall, as well as cultural landscapes such as the Ancient Ice Cream Trail, Xiangxi Lake, the statue of Mo Yan in Huishui Temple, and Red Army slogans. The scenic area covers an area of ??about 10 square kilometers, and the round trip is about 4.5 kilometers. The walking tour time is 3.5 hours, and the sightseeing car and environmentally friendly elevator take 1.5 hours. Tickets: Chishui Danxia Tourist Area (Big Waterfall, Swallow Rock, Foguang Rock) 180 yuan/person, Great Waterfall 90 yuan/person, one-way 10 yuan/person, sightseeing car two-way 20 yuan/person, elevator one-way 20 yuan/person, Two-way 40 yuan/person.

Chishui Falls is 76.2 meters high and 80 meters wide. It is the first waterfall in the Yangtze River system and one of the best waterfalls in China. The famous painter Liu Haisu is known as the "Beauty of the Empty Valley", and experts from the Chinese Academy of Sciences evaluated it as "the wonder of China's Danxia Waterfall". Some people sang, "It is suspected that the Milky Way has fallen from the sky, and the fairyland of Penglai has fallen into dust." Some people sang, "Born with infinite hatred, how many people can understand the grandeur of it?" Complete sigh.

Foguangyan Scenic Area

Chishui Danxia Tourist Area Foguangyan is located in Houyuan Town, Chishui City, Guizhou Province. It is located in the Dalou Mountains at the northern foot of the Guizhou Plateau, which is rapidly sinking in the Sichuan Basin. The valley has a steep slope and is criss-crossed by streams and rivers, with cutting depths ranging from 500 meters to 1,300 meters. Most of the peaks are above 1,200 meters, and the heights vary greatly. It is the core scenic spot of Chishui, a world natural heritage site of Danxia Chishui in China. It is mainly composed of Foguang Rock, Wuzhufeng, Liyuangou and Xanadu. It is an ecological scenic spot dominated by Danshan Mountain, clear water, green forests and waterfalls, and is an important part of Chishui Danxia. The scenic area covers an area of ??about 10 square kilometers, and the entire scenic area tour takes about 2-4 hours. It is 6 kilometers away from the intersection of the scenic spot and the town, 44 kilometers away from the urban area, and the drive takes about 45 minutes.

Foguangyan is known as "the first garden of Danxia" and "the first scene". The main landscapes include Buddha Rock, which is "unparalleled in Danxia and a wonder in the world" and the unique Wuzhu Peak in nature. There are more than 30 places such as Danxia landforms, strange peaks, cliff caves, Buddha Rocks, Bailong Waterfall, Danxia Castle, and Camellia Forest.

Danxia landform is a kind of "red bed landform" named and first studied by Chinese geologists in the 1920s, namely Yadan Chibi landform, which developed from the Jurassic to the Tertiary or On the gently sloping thick red sandy conglomerate, due to hydraulic erosion, weathering, peeling, and collapse along the vertical joints of the rock layer, square mountains, stone walls, stone peaks, and stone pillars are formed. The top is flat, the body is steep, and the foothills are gentle. This is called Danxia landform. . To put it simply, it is a "red clastic rock landform with steep cliffs and mainly sandy conglomerate". Because this landform was first studied in Danxia Mountain, Renhua County, Guangdong, it is called "Danxia landform". The rock composition of Danxia landform contains a large amount of iron oxide and manganese oxide that are not easily lost. These two red mineral elements are insoluble in water and have the lowest activity, forming a vivid Danxia

Due to regional and vertical differences, the scenic spot has obvious regional climate and vegetation characteristics: large temperature differences and obvious three-dimensional climate ( In summer, it is hot at the foot of the mountain and cool at the top), with extreme temperatures (the highest temperature is 41.3, the lowest temperature is -4.5), heavy rainfall (the annual average rainfall is about 1000mm), the frost-free period is short (about 260 days), and there is hail in summer. The scenic area has a lot of environmental water resources, well-developed scattered water caves and self-overflow springs, large drops in streams, and many waterfalls. The forest coverage rate reaches more than 95%. There are more than 2,000 plant groups and more than 20 rare plants. The plants grow luxuriantly. There are more than 400 kinds of wild animals, more than 10 rare animals, diverse populations, rapid reproduction, large numbers, and a complete natural ecosystem. . The local agricultural proverbs "One mountain has four seasons, but the weather is different ten miles away" and "Snow on the Peach Blossom Mountain at the foot of the mountain" is a true portrayal of the natural ecology of the mountainous area.

Yanziyan Waterfall Scenic Area

Chishui Danxia Tourist Area Yanziyan is located in Lianghekou Town, Chishui City, Guizhou Province. Its main landscape is subtropical river valley rainforest vegetation, consisting of Yanzi Falls, longevity spring, source of life, root of life, Liantai waterfall and other scenic spots. It is an ecological scenic spot mainly composed of primitive lush forests, and is also an important part of the Chishui Danxia Tourist Area.

The scenic area is about 5 square kilometers, 26 kilometers away from Chishui city, and the drive takes about 30 minutes. There is a sightseeing ropeway in the scenic area. It takes about 1-2 hours to visit the ropeway and 3-4 hours to walk.

Wuzhufeng Scenic Area

In April 2001, Yanziyan Scenic Area won the national award for its original wild forest vegetation, magical Danxia landform and rare Jurassic monuments Forest Park Laurel. It is another national scenic spot in my country for ecological leisure tourism and popular science investigation.

The Yanzi Cave is a natural cave with a height of more than 30 meters and a width of more than 70 meters. It is like a flaming stone palace, majestic and magnificent.

It is surprising that so many stone nests have been formed on the rock walls due to wind and rain erosion. Thousands of swallows used to live here in the past. They worked at sunrise and rested at sunset, so it became their home, hence the name Yanziyan.

The Yanzi Waterfall is 87 meters high. Because there are often groups of swallows flying in and out of the rock wall in the middle of the mountain, it is called the Yanzi Waterfall by the mountain people.

Flowing water has ruthlessly cut the canyon with the knife of time, forming rows of vertical broken ridges and steep cliffs. Together with the virgin forest that has never been reclaimed, it has cultivated abundant water sources. This creates a cascading waterfall landscape.